Method and means for printing



L. E. WOODARD.

METHOD AND MEANS FOR PRINTING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1921.

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LOUIS ETHELBERT WOODARD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

METHOD AND MEANS FOR PRINTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb; '7, 1922.

Application filed June 14, 1921. Serial No. 477,866.

T 0 (d1 71.72.0775 it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS E. lVoonARn,a citizen of the United States, and a resident o f Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved.Method and Means for Printing, of which the following is a description.

My invention is more particularly intended for the printing of theatertickets and has special reference to the printing. of a coupon orreserve seat ticket.

The general object of my invention is to provide an economical method ofprinting the successively numbered tickets to diiferentiate reserve seattickets, by means of a cylindrical printing plate composed of halfsections produced by setting up the type in separate chases or otherforms with parallel lines, the matter in the lines of one'chase runningcontinuously with the corresponding lines in the other chase, andforming semi-circular matrices, the plates formed trom which, whenassembled in cylindrical form, will present the printing elements in.

the form of a. continuous spiral.

The nature of the invention and its distiuctive features and advantages,will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

l iei'erence is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of one example oi. the invention.

Figure l is a plan view of a chase having one-half of the type to beprinted locked therein;

. Figure 2 is a similar view of another chase employee in coaction withthe first chase;

Figure 8 is side elevation of a cylindrical printing plate formed inaccordance with my invention.

In carrying out my invention, in practice, I take two chases asindicated at A, A, and I set up therein the matter to be printed, said.matter being on parallel lines and the lines preferably being oblique.The matter in the lines ofone chase is continuous with the matter in thecorresponding lines ofthe other chase. Thus, the matter set up in thefirst line of chase A is continued to the first line of the chase A asat 10 to the full width of the latter, then a second line in the chase Ais completed and the set-up matter continued to the second line of thesecond chase A. Thereby, the first line 10 for example in the chase Awill be continuous with the matter in the first line 10 of the chase Aand so on throughout the successive lines in the respective chases.

The matter having been imposed (or set up) in the respective chases andlocked, I produce matrices from the respective forms. If the lines inthe chases are oblique, the lines in the matrices. will necessarily bealso oblique but a similar result can be obtained by having the lines inthe chases parallel, withthe top and bottom thereof, the flongs v forthe matrices in this case being. imposed on the chases or forms at suchan angle that the lines will be produced obliquely in the matrices.

The matrices having been produced with the lines of printing matteroblique therein,

semi-circular printing plates are cast therethrough the medium of ascrew arrangement having the same pitch as the pitch of the spirallydisposed printing elements on the cylinder plate.

In practice, the paper or cardboard to be printed is fed from a. rolland pamed between the cylinder and an impression device,

thus impressing the type matter on the printing stock. Tn the case oftheater tickets, the first seat designation will be printed, the stockadvanced the length of the ticket, and the second seat desi nationimpressed, and so on to the extent desired. It is to be understood thatthe type matter in the plates may be arranged to print the body and dateof the ticket as well as the reserve seat designation. The ticketprinting being completed, the printed strip or ribbon is now advanced toa revolving knife or cutter in a manner well known in printing, to'cutit into proper lengths.

Since various colored tickets are desired for a theater to differentiatethe various sections of seats, a roll of stock of each color will beprovided in practice, each with separate printing mechanism. Thus, iften colors are to be printed at one time from the above describedimpression cylinder, ten

separate printing devices for the body and.

date will bearranged side by side. As the pression cylinder.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, sincemanifestly the same ,can be considerably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim l. The method of producing aprinting medium, consisting in imposing the type matter in two chases onoblique lines, the lines of matter in the one chase being continuousWith the corresponding lines of the other chase, formingsemi-cylindrical matrices of the matter in said chases, and producing acylindrical printing plate from said matrices. V

In the method of producing a printing medium, the steps of forming twoseparate type assemblages of the matter to be printed with the lines ofmatter parallel and with the matter in one assemblage continuous withthe matter inthe corresponding lines of the other assemblagaandformingmatrices from said type assemblages with the lines of the matter inthematrices running obliquely to constitute a continuous spiral when thematrices are assembled in cylin dricalform. V

3. In the method of producing a printing medium, the steps of formingtwo separate type assemblages of the matter to be printed with the linesof matter parallel and with the matter in the lines. of one assemblagecontinuous with the matter in the corresponding lines of the otherassemblage, forming semi-cylindrical matrices from said type assemblageswith the lines of matter in the matrices running obliquely to constitutea continuous spiral when the matrices are

